Hair-fastening device



Aug. 29, 1939. w. ZUPNYK 2,171,019

HAIR-FASTENING DEVICE Filed NOV. 22, 1938 I N V EN TOR:

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523% 227;, a. By 7 M M ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 29, 1939 res UNITED! @ATENT oFFicE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair fastening device and particularly to adevice, in the nature of a barrette, which is adapted to be worn on thehead and which serves to keep the hair in place. The device isespecially useful for ladies engaged in sports, or other outdooractivities, although it may also be advantageously used for the purposeof ornamentation, or merely to preserve the head dress with a neat, trimappearance. I-Ieretofore most devices of this general character havebeen made in the form of small clasps, and it has therefore required alarge number of them to keep the hair in orderly arrangement.Furthermore, with some such devices, difiiculty is had in obtaining theproper fit on account of differences in head size.

Accordingly the principal object of my invention is to provide a. deviceof the character described which is both flexible and adjustable so thatit is adaptable todifferent conditions of head dress, making itunnecessary to supply the device in different sizes for differentindividuals. A further object of the invention is to provide a devicewhich may be readily applied and withdrawn from the hair and which may,if desired, be ornamented or decorated to suit the taste of the wearer.

Other more specific objects and advantages characterizing my inventionwill become more apparent from the description hereinafter set forth ofone embodiment or example of the invention, having reference totheaccompanying drawing.

Of the drawing:

Fig. I shows the device as worn on. the head.

Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view of the device as viewed from thefront.

Fig. III is a rear view of the same.

Fig. IV is a plan sectional view of the same illustrating how the wingsections are manipulated when the device is applied to the hair.

Fig. V is an enlarged cross section taken as indicated by the arrows V-Vof Fig. III; and

Fig. VI is an enlarged cross section taken as indicated by the arrowsVIVI of Fig. II.

In the particular example of my invention, as illustrated in thedrawing, the device comprises a central arcuate section I andcounterpart arcuate wing sections 2 flexibly and extensibly joined tothe central section I to form continuations in curved alignment with thecentral section, said sections together forming a smoothly curved clasp.Each section I, 2 is made of resilient material, such asCelluloid, andis smoothly curved to conform generally to the back of the head.

The central section I is desirably made of two members 3 spaced fromeach other in such man.- ner as to form an elongated slot 4 between themand held together by means of cross pieces 5, 6, riveted or adhesivelyfastened to the members 3. 5

At each end' of the central arcuate member I, there is provided a flatspring I preferably T- shaped and disposed with its central portionbearing upon'the corresponding wing section. 2 and withits arms rivetedto the members 3. In this manner each wing section 2 is slidably mountedand fits within the slot 4, with capacity to be extended outwardly fromthe central section. I as desired. In order to hold the sections I, 2together, each wing section 2 has a. projection 8, preferably formed bysharp bending of the inner end, and serving as a stop adapted to engagethe end of the spring I, thereby preventing its removal endwise from theslot l.

Each wing section 2 desirably has its outer end bent upon itself to forman inwardly turned hook, as indicated at 9. The hooks 9 function in themanner of hairpins permitting the ends of the device to be securelyfastened to the hair.

Although there are numerous ways of ornamenting the device, and theparticular type of ornamentation. is of no special importance to thisinvention, in the illustrated example the ornamentation consists of fiveartificial jewels I I disposed at the back of the device on the crosspieces 5, 6 and near the outer ends of the wing sections 2.

In applying the device to the hair the wearer first moves the wingsections angularly to positions somewhat as illustrated in Fig. IVplacing the central section I at the back of the head. The wing sections2 are then forced inwardly to grip the hair, both at their outer ends bythe hooks 9, and at their inner ends between the wing sections 2 and thecentral section I. The gripping action combined with the clamping actionderived from the flexibility of the material and of the spring jointsbetween the sections, causes the device to be securely fastened to thehair. At the same time, by varying the relative positions of the wingsections 2 which may be extended from the central sectionI to anydesired degree, it is possible to adapt the device to heads of differentsizes or to coiffures of different styles. In fact, the device hassuflicient adjustability, as well as flexibility, to permit it to beused in different ways to suit varying conditions. Moreover, with alittle practice in manipulating the sections, the wearer can soon learnto apply the 55 and arcuate wing sections adapted to fit within saidslot and to form continuations of the ends of the central section, saidwing sections being flexibly and extensibly mounted in said slot.

2. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising acentral arcuate section of resilient material including two membersspaced apart to form an elongated slot betweenthem,

and having flat T-shaped springs bridging said slot at the ends thereof,and arcuate wing sections slidably mounted in said slot and engaged bysaid springs, said wing sections serving as extensible continuations ofthe end of the central section.

3. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising acentral arcuate section of resilient material including two membersspaced apart to form an elongated slot between them,

and having flat T-shaped springs bridging said slot at the ends thereof,arcuate wing sections slidably mounted in said slot and engaged by saidsprings, said wing sections serving as extensible continuations of theend of the central section, and each wing section having a projection atits inner end serving as a stop whereby the sections are held together.

4. A hair fastening device of the character described comprising acentral arcuate section of resilient material including two membersspaced apart to form an elongated slot between them, and arcuate wingsections adapted to fit within said slot and to form continuations ofthe ends of the central section, said wing sections being flexibly andextensibly mounted in said slot and having their outer ends bent sharplyupon themselves to form inwardly turned hooks.

5. A hair fastening device of the character described comprisingsections of resilient ma terial including a central section and wingsections disposed in curved alignment with each other and togetherforming a smoothly curved clasp, said sections being extensibly joinedto each other whereby the device may be adjusted as to length, and saidsections having capacity for relative angular movement about saidjoints, and means at said joints tending to maintain said sections incurved alignment.

